COMPETITION
Wessel Grimbeek (left) congratulates the team on top boat Bucket List.
By Wessel Grimbeek
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ANY would agree that there is nothing that beats the smell of a 2-stroke in the morning ... especially when you have a role to play as an angler. However, there’s something that’s even better — the smell of a 2-stroke in the morning mixed with the fresh salty air coming off the ocean at the break of day. The Rosebowl Deep Sea Angling 56 • SKI-BOAT July/August 2021
Tournament has entered its 41st year, and the anglers from the Southern Gauteng Division eagerly took the long and winding road to Sodwana Bay on the KZN North Coast where this fiveday event would be held from 12 to the 16 April 2021.This year it was hosted by the East Rand Boat Fishing Club. It had been a long time since intrepid anglers could do battle with the denizens of the deep, so it was with tangible expectation that the teams started arriving ahead of the tournament for
registration on the Sunday afternoon. The teams that took part were East Rand Boat Fishing Club, Albatross Ski Boat Club, Guinjata Sports Fishing Club, Makaira Game Fishing Club, Nomads Game Fishing Club and TSC. In total 191 anglers took part, fishing off 48 registered boats. There has always been friendly competition and true camaraderie amongst the clubs and anglers at the Rosebowl events, and once again this tournament would bring out the best in gamefishing
